It was reported that President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy made by the retirement announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer has not gone the way he may have anticipated.
A new poll by ABC News/Ipsos showed that the majority of Americans believe the court is motivated by partisanship, and Biden’s pledge to only look at black females for the nomination has gotten a negative response, even from many Democrats, MSN reported.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll, which was conducted by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel, comes days after the most senior member of the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, announced his retirement at the end of the current term. Breyer’s announcement provides Biden the opportunity to change the demographic makeup of the conservative-leaning bench.
During the spring 2020 presidential primaries, days before his set of big wins on Super Tuesday, Biden pledged to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, if elected. Now, with the chance to do so, just over three-quarters of Americans (76%) want Biden to consider “all possible nominees.” Just 23% want him to automatically follow through on his history-making commitment that the White House seems keen on seeing through. At a ceremony honoring the retiring justice, Biden told reporters he is able to honor his promise without compromising on quality.
“The person I will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. And that person will be the first Black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court,” the president said. “It’s long overdue in my view. I made that commitment during the campaign for president, and I will keep that commitment.”
The poll did not separate black voters but it did show that only 28 percent of nonwhite Americans want Biden to only consider black women.
And while 46 percent of Democrats support the majority, 56 percent, want the president to consider every possible nominee.
Last week President Biden reaffirmed his pledge to nominate a black woman as the next Supreme Court Justice.
